Clause 14

Section 38 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Missing goods deemed to have been illegally landed

38. If in any vessel, aircraft or train in Singapore the quantity of any dutiable goods entered in the manifest of such vessel, aircraft or train is found by a proper officer of customs to be short, and the deficiency is not accounted for to the satisfaction of the proper officer of customs, then such goods shall be deemed to have been illegally landed in Singapore, and the vessel, aircraft or train may be detained by the proper officer of customs.”.